Combined faucet and strainer.



W. R. NICOLL. COMBINED FAUGET AND STRAINER. APPglclmoM FILED MAYI. 1915.

1,275,463. Patented Aug. 13, .1918r 229. l.

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WILLIAM R. NICOLL, oF owAToNNA, MINNEsoTAyAssIGNomBY MESNEASSIGNMENTS..

To DAvIs-wATKrNs DAIRYME'Ns ivIANUFAcrURINGcoMPANY, A vcomeoiea'-r1oN-joF fk DELAWARE.

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` To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ILLIAMR. NrC'oLL,"

a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Qwatonna, county of Steele,and YState of `Miimesota, have invented certain new 'and usefultImprovements in Combined Faucets and Strainers, of which thefollowing,is-'yav specification.

-Thisf invention has for l'its principal kob-y ject. to 'provide anvi-rrlproved combination faucet andvstrainer especially' adaptedV foruse in'connection with combined churns and'l butter-workers, but havinga more general applicationtovats, receptacles, tanks, 'and'.

the like. v Y c The invention consists, in' the novel construction,combinationand arrangement ofthe several parts. l c

.In the accompanying drawing- Figure l is a side elevation` of acombined churn and butter-worker to which a com bined strainer andfaucet, constructed in accordance with the principles of this in#vention, is applied.

Fig. 2 is a view ofthe combined strainer and faucet. A

Fig. 3 is a view ofthe under side ofthe same.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line of Fig. Y ;`and

Fig. 5 is a side elevation ofthe combined strainer and faucet.

It is found in practice, that when a combined strainer and faucet of thetype usually employed is attached at the end of the drum of abutter-Working machine, it is dificult, if not impossible. to drain allof the liquid from the drum. One of the principal objects of the presentinvention is to overcome this difficulty by providing a combinedstrainer and faucet which is applied to the outside or curved surface ofthe drum and from which every particle of the liquid can be drainedbyturning the drum so that the faucet is at the lowermost point.

In the drawing, the reference numeral 1 designates generally the drum ofa butterworking machine, preferably circular in cross section, andmounted in standards 2' 2 is a latch 4, which may be rotated from Y.Specification of Letters Patenti.: f i

the. dot'ted'positionto engage notches^5 formed at the end ofthe drum,for hol `ilii1g`fA the drum-.stationary in anyone ofseveral positions.

.In one of the fixe'd'positions ofltheA drinn,vl

preferablythat shown in Fig. 1,1the door 3 is'inclined'vfromllthehorizontal and a comY blned strainer' and4 faucetvdesignated gen` erally. by the reference numeral 6, 1s solo-f cated. onthe exterior or v'curved surface of? the drum that vwith fthe door linithe position shown, the combined strainer and `faucet `will be at theVlowe'rmostpoint of thedrum.

This combined strainer and vfaucet 6 com# .prises a plate 7 vformed ionone side with a curved surface 8 conforming to the curva-V ture orlother surface of thev drum to which itV is to beV applied, vand from'Vthis 'surface projects a hub 9 substantially ltheheight'of thethickness'of the drumfto whichl thedeterial ofthe drumgrepresented byT4theo'utlines. 11, YWith .thetlafierlQ proie/@ineinwardly therefrom sothat any liquid'within thedr'um may pass through the strainer andthrough the hub 9 when desired. The plate 7 is secured to the outside ofthe drum in anyV suitable manner, as, for example, b v

means of screws 12. Formed integral with the outer surface of the plate,is a lug 13 which constitutes a stop for the faucet.

Pivoted to the plate 7 by means of a bolt 14, which is preferablyinserted through the plate vfrom the underside thereof before it isapplied to the drum, is a plate 15, preferably of the same material ofwhich the plate'lis made, and interposed between .the Y plates 7 and 15is a sheet 16y of softer material, which is secured tothe plate 7. Thissheet 16 has a perforation 17 which corresponds to the perforation ofthe hub 9, and` formed integral with the plate 15 is a c nozzle 18 whichis adapted to be moved to register with the hole 17 and the opening inthe hub 9. For convenience in rotating lthe plate 15, a handle 19 isprovided and yit will be noted that the nozzle 18Yof the pivoted plate15 is so disposed that when the plate 15 abuts the stop 13 on the plate7, the nozzle 18 does not register with the hole in the. plate 7, andthe handle 19 must be moved to-the dotted position shown in Fig. 2 tomake the holes in the plates register so that liquid can be dischargedtherefrom.

The plates 7 and 15 are usually cast iron and if placed directly incontact with each other would soon become worn yso that liquid wouldescape between them, and for this reason the sheet 16 of softermaterial, usually zinc or the like, is interposed between them in orderto make a tight joint and prevent leaking, and to prevent plates frombeing unduly worn.

In the use of the device in connection with a combined churn andbutter-worker, the combined churn and butter-worker is Lheld aspreviously explained,y and in order to draw off the butter-milk or anyother liquid, the handle 19 is operated to bring the nozzle 18 inregister with the hole in the plate 7. The particles of butter are heldfrom escaping by the screen 10.

IVhat I4 claim is:

1. The combination with a receptacle having a surface curved about ahorizontal axis; of al combined strainer and faucet comprising a platefixed to the receptacle having one side curved to conform to the outsidethereof and with a perforated hub extending from this side of the platethrough the rwall of the receptacle and terminating flush with theinside thereof, and having a fia-t outer side; a strainer attached. tothe outside of thel hub andv extending within the receptacle; and ahandled plate flat on one side eccentrically pivoted to the outside ofthe other plate with an integra-l perforated hub extending from theother side and rotatable to register with the perforation ofthe otherhub.

2. The combination with a cylindrical receptacle having a door in itscurved surface, of a standard for supporting the receptacle Vupon ahorizontal axis, means in connection with the standard to engage andhold the receptacle in any one of a plurality of fixed positions, acombined strainer and faucet comprising a plate conforming to the outercurved surface of the receptacle with a perforated projection extendingtherefrom through the wall and flush with the inside thereof, and ahandled plate eccentrically pivoted to the outside of the first-namedplate with an integral perforated hub extending outwardly therefrom androtatable to register with `the perforation of the projection of therstmentioned plate, the strainer and faucet being located in such aposition that the said door will be at the top slightly inclined to thehorizontal when the strainer and faucet is held in one position at thelowermost point by said holding means so that the handle of said handledplate can be operated from the same side of the receptacle as that uponwhich the door is located to completely drain the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 3rd day of May A. I),1915.

WILLIAM R. NICOLL.

t Witnesses:

A. A. ScHUs'rER, CARL K. BENNETT.

Copies of this patent may bei obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

